A new study published in Spine examines the readmission rates and risks for elderly patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusions.
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The global computer-assisted surgical systems market is expected to increase through 2020, based on a Persistence Market Research report, according to medGadget.
Carlsbad, Calif.-based Alphatec Holdings taped Terry Rich to be the company's next CEO.
Cambridge, Mass.-based InVivo Therapeutics will present at the 2016 Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society Americas conference, held in San Diego between Dec. 11 and Dec. 14, 2016.